BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – David DuBose, who oversaw some of the top-rated radio stations in Birmingham and boldly tried to lure Paul Finebaum away from a rival, is out as executive vice president and chief operating officer at Summit Media, AL.com has learned.

In August 2011, while DuBose was still the Birmingham market manager at Cox, he started sports station ESPN 97.3 The Zone and launched an all-out (and ultimately unsuccessful) effort to lure the sports-talk lightning rod Finebaum away from rival station WJOX 94.5 FM.

Also last year, DuBose filed a lawsuit against his former employer Cox, claiming the company owed him more than $300,000 in unpaid "special retention bonus" pay for staying with the company until its sale to Summit Media became final. The lawsuit is still pending in federal court.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.

UPDATED at 6:44 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 14, 2014, to add information reported by the radio and music industry website AllAccess.com.